Cleaning-tool.



I. H. SPENCER.

CLEANING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1908.

969,913, Patented Sept. 13,1910.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA H. SPENCER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPENCER TURBINE CLEANER COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

CLEANING-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 13, 19 10.

Application filed January 27, 1908. Serial No. 412,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA'H. SPENCER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Cleaning-Tool, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of I cleanin tools used more especially in pneumatic c caning, and the object of my invention is to provide a tool of this class havin novel features of advantage and utility. form of device in the use of which this object may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fi ure 1 is a view in side elevation of a cleaning tool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the device in central section lengthwise of the handle. Fig. 3 is a bot tom view of the tool.

I have selected for the purpose of illustration and description herein a hand tool commonly used for pneumatic cleaning purposes, as one which embodies the features of my invention.

The numeral 5 denotes a handle or stock constructed of any suitable material, of properlengflh and of any desired form, preferably round in cross-section, as illustrated herein. This handle or stock isv tubular, thusproviding a passa e 6 for the flow of fluid, as air. One en of this handle or stock has a sleeve 7 suitably constructed for attachment of a hose, pi e or like part, through which a current of air may be created when connected to a device employed for such purpose.

Any desired form of attachment,

ably at t e end, into a cleaning tip 8 having a mouth or intake opening 9 communicating with the passage 6. In the preferred construction the stock and cleaning tip are formed froin comparatively thin metal tubing, the end of which is enlarged as by spinning into a swell or bulb having lips 10 somewhat contracted to form the mouth 9.

referably removable, may be em loyed or the hose or ipe. The stock is ormed, prefermeans herein shown cars 13 are formed upon opposite sides of the slot, a bolt 14 being located in openings through the ears and a nut 15' being emplo ed to clamp the sleeve upon the stock. T e end of the sleeve is formed into an enlargement or head 15 having a flange 16 providing a recess 17 in which a brush base .18 is secured. A brush 19 is secured to the head by any suitable means.

As before stated, the tool is especially designed for hand work, as for cleaning upholstered furniture, cushions, hangings, dra cries, walls or the like. Following this met od of cleaning it is found desirable in many instances to employ a brush for certain pur oses; often the use of the brush will not e desired, and in many laces, as

in crevices, corners, recesses andli e places in upholstered furniture, a brush can not be employed. In order to accomplish the Work rapidl it is important that a single tool be emp oyed to as great an extent as possible. The tool herein shownand de scribed accom lishes this end. When the brush is used the entire dust and dirt stirred up thereby is immediately removed by the action of the air current through the mouth 9 and passage 6. When it is desired to dispense with the use of the brush the thumb nut,15 is loosened and the brush quickly moved along the handle away from the cleaning tip 8, and there secured so that the cleaning tip may be freely used without obstruction from the .brush. The swell at the end of the stock prevents accidental dis lacement of the brush. The brush may e removed by removing the sleeve 7 and passing the brush off the end of the handle.

' I claim 1. A handle having an intake openin and means for attachment of a hose, a rush movabl supported upon the handle, and means or holding the brush upon the handle with the working face of the brush above the planeof the intake opening.

2. A tubular handle having an intake opening at its end and means for attachment 0 a hose at the op osite end, a clamp sleeve slidable along the liandle, means for clam ing the sleeve, and a brush secured to t e sleeve. I

3. A tubular handle having an intake opening at its end and means for attachment of a hose at the opposite end, a clamp sleeve slidable along the handle and having a recessed head at its end, a brush located within said recess and arranged to surround said intake opening, and means for clamping the brush in position on the handle.

4. A tubular handle having means for attachment of a hose at one end and an enlargement forming a cleaning ti with an intake opening at the opposite end, a clamp sleeve slidably mounted upon the handle, a brush secured to said sleeve and arranged to surround said intake opening, and means for clamping the sleeve in position.

5. A tubular handle having means for attachment of a hose at one end and an enlargementforming a cleaning tip with an intake opening at the o posite end, a sleeve split lengthwise and sli ably mounted upon said handle, means for compressing the sleeve to clamp it upon the handle, a re.

cessed head formed upon the sleeve, and a a brush 4 secured within said recess and arranged to surround said cleaning tip.

G. A handle having means for attachment of a hose, the end of said handle being formed into a cleaning tip, a brush-movably located on the handle, and means for holding the brush with the tip inclosed therein or projecting therefrom.

7 A tubular handle havingmeans for attachment of a hose and with its end formed into a cleaning ti a brush slidably mounted upon the hand e, and means for securing the brush against movement upon the handle.

IRA SPENCER. 

